Bought as a project to make a decent looking bushcraft axe and I have to say it was the perfect base model. Love the blade shape, although mine wasn't that sharp when it arrived it takes the stone well and now has a great edge. I stripped all the paint off both the blade and the shaft, which I think now adds a lot to its look, although mine had an orange head and handle not the black head as shown in the picture. I felt the shaft needed stripping anyway as I found it way too slippy as it was, then linseed oiled the handle and partially wrapped it with camo paracord. I just need to finish polishing the head to a mirror finish and it will be finished. I would recommend this axe for basic work, but modify it and it becomes a fantastic bushcrafting axe.